Method of making seats



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D. s. MYERS METHOD OF MAKING SEATS Fi1ed Sept. 8, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FF Myers INVENTOR ATTORNEY h -um I wnrezsst;

Patented Jan. 27, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' nn'nBIN s. MYERS, or EvA svInLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB 'ro' MID-STATES RUBBER oomrANY, or EVANSVILLE, INDIAN A CORPORATION or INDIANA.

METHOD OF MAKING SEATS.

Application filed September a, 1923. Serial No. 661,707..

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, DERBIN S. Mums, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Methods of Making Seats, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a closet seatthat will be sanitary, impervious to any acids or alkalies that ma come in contact with same, that will not eteriorate or disintegrate under any climatic conditions, is artistically beautiful, strong, durable light of weight, will not feel cold to the body and canbe produced and marketed for a reasonable price. y

A further object of my invention is to provide a closet seatof a hollow construe tion, the material being that of a rubberor othercompos-ition capable of being vulcanized hard and covered with a thin veneer or layer of a better grade of rubber or other composition capable of being vulcanized hard and susceptible of receiving a high polish.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed .out' in the appended c alms.

In describing my invention in detail, ref erence will be had to' the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote'like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Fi re 1 is a side view showing the topin shghtly raised position.

Figure 2 is a plan view, with the top partly broken away.

Figure 3 is a'bottom plan view.'

Figure 4 is' a longitudinal sectional view. Figures-5 and Gare sectional views showin how the seat is formed.

igure 7 is a detail view showing how the cover is formed.

nected to the bracket 3 and 'thecover has an arm 4 thereon which is also hingedly connected-with the bracket. Bumpers 5, of soft rubber or the like, are carried by the seat and cover to prevent injury to the parts.

The seat is formed of a concavo-convex part 6 and a flat part 7 which has beveled edges 8 engaging similar edges 9 on the part 6. These parts 6 and 7 are formed in. a

suitable mold and are formed from a rubber or other composition which is formed in the mold. The two removed from the mo d and a thin veneer of a better grade of rubber or composition is applied to the exterior surface thereof. The 4 part 7 is placed with its beveled edges engag ng the beveled edges of-the part6 and the parts are so shaped that when again arts 6 and 7 are then placed in the mold, the part 7 will extend a f fraction of an inch above the top. of themold, thus allowing for the air within the hollow to be compressed when the seat is reduced to the shape of the mold cavity. The

two parts are then placed in ,a vulcanizer,

pressure. The parts are then permitted to cool while in the molds so as tocondense the internal pressure and then the article is removed from the mold and finished by buffing and olishing. The core of the finished seat is s own at 10 and the veneer at 11. Reinforcements 12 are provided through whichthe studs 13 of the hinges pass.

The cover 2 is also formed of two pieces, as shown at 14:, and 15, the pieces being connected together at their edges and at intervalsby the posts 16 so as'to form a hollow cover, the walls of which are connected together by said posts, thus providing a structure of reat strength. The arm-4 has a reduced tireaded part 4 which is threaded into a part of the seat.

From the above it will be seen that I have produced a seat which is sanitary, impervious to acids and the like, one which can be easily kept clean and one which can be marketed cheaply.

While the drawing shows the seat as designed for 'a' closet it will of course be understood that the seat can be designed for other purposes.

It is thought from the foregoin description that the advantages and nove features otmy invention will be readil apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may Q 7 i v 1,524,449

' make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

. parts and reducing the whole to a smaller diameter sectionally in a suitable mold, thus compressing the air contained in" the hollow portion thereof and vulcanizing the whole while maintaining said pressure and subseguently finishing the seat by bufling and polishmg.

2. The herein described method of makv ing closet seats which consists of forming by pressure in asuitable mold a rubber or other composition, hollow seat core in two or more parts, then covering the exterior surfaces with a thin veneer of a better grade of rubber or other composition susceptible to a high polish, then assembling the various parts and reducing same to a; smaller diameter sectionally in a suitable mold, under pressure thus compressing the air contained in the hollow portion thereof and vulcanizing the whole while maintaining said pressure and subsequently finishing the seat by bufiin and polishing.

In testimony w ereof I afiix m si ature.

DERBIN SJhl RS. 

